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Provided that a person shall not be liable to be convicted of an
offence against this bye-law, if he satisfies the Court that the fouling of
the footway by the dog was not due to culpable neglect or default on
his part.
(2) For the purposes of this bye-law the owner of the dog shall be deemed
to be in charge thereof, unless the Court is satisfied that at the time
when the dog fouled the footway it had been placed in or taken into
the charge of some other person.
(3) Any person offending against this bye-law shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding forty shillings.
(4) This bye-law shall cease to be in force on the 24th March, 1940, unless
a bye-law re-enacting its provisions has come into operation before that
date.
(5) As from the date on which this bye-law comes into operation, the byelaw
made by the Council on 27th June, 1929, under Section 23 of the
Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, Section 16 of the Local Government
Act, 1888, and Section 5 of the London Government Act, 1899, as to
nuisances by dogs upon the public footways shall be and is hereby
repealed.
The Borough Council formally approved the new Bye-law at its
meeting on the 24th March, 1938, and, having received the approval of
the Secretary of State it came into operation on the 1st July, 1938.
There have been 22 prosecutions under these bye-laws during the
year.
Rag Flock.
The sale and use of Rag Flock is regulated by the Public Health
(London) Act, 1936, and by the Regulations made by the Ministry of
Health in 1912.
By Section 136 no person may (a) sell rag flock, (b) have rag
flock in his possession for the purpose of selling it, or (c) use rag flock
for the purpose of making bedding, cushions or any article of
upholstery, or have in his possession rag flock intended to be used for
that purpose unless it conforms to a standard of cleanliness prescribed
by Regulations made by the Minister. These Regulations prohibit the
sale or use of unclean flock manufactured from rags in making any
article of upholstery, cushions, bedding, etc., and provide that when